Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Sandwich cookies are about contrasts. Whether that means a contrast in flavors and/or textures. With these Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies the contrast is in the textures; two crisp cookies paired with a creamy and soft filling. Both the cookies and filling are full of the flavor of peanut butter, yet while the cookies are sweet, the filling also contains cream cheese which gives it a touch of tanginess.

When making sandwich cookies try to make the cookies all the same size because if the cookies are different sizes they don't fit together perfectly and the filling will leak out. Also, do not overfill as you want just enough filling to hold the cookies together. Put the filling in the center of one cookie and then gently place the second cookie on top of the filling. To keep the cookies crisp, It is best to fill the cookies the day of serving.

Peanut butter is a smooth paste made from roasted peanuts. The peanuts are ground, and then salt, a sweetener, and sometimes a stabilizer (to keep the oil from separating) are added. There are two types of peanut butter, and the one that is labeled "Old-Fashioned" or "Natural" does not contain a stabilizer which means the peanut butter will separate and you will have to stir the peanut butter before using. Now, when buying peanut butter always check the list of ingredients to see if trans fats are listed (labeled as "partially hydrogenated oil" or "hydrogenated oil"). Trans fat or trans fatty acids are really nasty fats as they are thought to cause heart disease (raise bad LDL cholesterol, increase triglyceride levels, and lower good HDL cholesterol). Keep in mind that nutrition labels do not always list small amounts of trans fat so that is why you must look at the list of ingredients.